Typewriting machine



- June 3, 1930. J.' A. B. SMITH 1,761,056

TYPEWRITING MACHINE Filed Jan. 21, 1924 5 Sheets-Sheet 1 WW' f GA v 4/70/775 Jam; 3, 1930.

J. A. B. SMITH TYPEWRITING MACHINE Filed Jan. 21. 1924 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 J11ne 3, 1930.

J. A. B. SMIT 1-1 TYPEWRITING MACHINE Filed Jan. 21, 1924" s Sheets-Sheet s Patented June 3, 1930 a mm STATES PATENT?OFFICEI;

JESSE B. SMITH, oFs'r MFoRD, conuno'rlcunnssrelma r0 unnaawoonfnmiiorr FISHER COMPANY, or NEW, YORK, N. Y.,VA GOBPORATIOZN'OF DEL-AWARE.

, TYPEWBITING MACHINE Application filed January 21, 1924. Serial No.'-687,48 1..

In a machine of this type, work-sheets or websare used-in several layers or plies, each provided: with printed forms constituting l onepiece of, work, which,. when completed,

may be torn from the continuous'webs. Carhon-sheets interleavedbetween' the webs or plies are mountedto move on a carriage or carrier, so as to advance with the webs toward the=platen while typewriting, and so to be drawn back by the carbon-holder on the carriage'into the succeeding form-section of the webs after. the leading form-section has been typed, and prior to detachment from the I webs of such leading form-section.

To save, time and trouble insubstituting webs of one style for that ofanother, the car bon-sheets,;as shown in the patent to Fortin, No. 1,237,319, granted A'ugust21, 1917 are attached-to a'holder. which is detachably secured to the. carrier. so. that a holder 1 for any set. of webs,ywith the carbon sheets iinterleavedtherewith, maybe removed asla. unit fromthe carrier, and,another holder, with carbon-sheets already interleaved with .the

the plies of .the desired set of webs,.s ubstituted therefor. I i y I Y I Containers, receptacles 011a cabinet with compartments for thelseveral webs andtheirj respective holders and carbon-sheets have heretofore been-devised to provide for the se lective'feedingrof the webs from. a container to the "carbon-holder on the. carrier ofthe' typewriting machine, whenv the holdershall have been placed on the latter.- Accessibility, easy manipulation in positioning the cab- V inet forzvfeediof the webs, and large capacity for webs in small, space are among the print-L;

cipal desiderata of such containers oroahi- 45, nets. o

The present invention-has particular ref erenceto a novelwork-piece feeder cabinet resting .upon' the floor and straddled by the supporting 'standof the (machine. The cab- 1 inet; comprises a: plurality .of'zfeed'er contains:

ersfor the webs in the form ofbanksofcompartments or drawers, set one upon-the other and: slidingly' displaceable' with respect to each other to position same -for selectively feedlng the webs therefrom.

A feature of the invention is the provisionof means whereby the typewriter. stand and certain fixtures with respect thereto may be 7 used to expeditiouslychange the'holders and work-pieces and to properly feed any workpiece from its drawer.

stand, jso that in changing thehol-ders they are moved practically the shortest possible distance-and maybe easily and convenientlymanipulated between the rack-and the carrier on the machine, thus saving much time and labor." The rack is'designe'd without-out;

portions-to accommodate the passage and al low the' required free movementofany of the webs forthepro'per-feeding thereof from any compartment to the machine,

i feature ofthe'inventionthat results'in-a furthersaving of timeand laboris the rovio0. Inthis feature of the invention a rack for the idlecarbon-holdersa is mounted ontherearwardly-extending supports attached to the top side frames of the sion of corneriandbackstopson the r'a'c and 3 on the carrier to facilitate positioningthe" l holderswhenrmounting thesame" either in= idle position on the rack or for typing'on-the; carrier, said stopsactingaas guiding 'mea'ns to centerthe dowel pins on each holderin aligning the same with holesin the rackor in jthe carrier when'mounting the holder on .eithenj, l f Other-features and advantages will herein=+ after appear:

writer on a 4 stand straddling a wor k pi'ece er and other iwebs from; other drawers connected to idle' -carbon-hold-ers at the rearofthe machine.

Inth'e accompanying-drawings,"f f Figureil is a v ew in s de ele'vatmmpartlyin SBGtlOI L ShOWIIIg aco'n-tlnuous bill ng typ'e- Figure '-2 is' a1sectional :view,i'taken on"the tionkofrthe' cabinetidrawersin deta-iln I stop pins to facilitate mounting each holder by guiding the same to proper position for centering the dowels in alignment with the holes in the rack.

Figure 6 is a perspectiveview of a fragmentary portion of the apparatus, showing the holder and its interlocking mounting means with the carrier of the machine including corner and back stops to facilitate guiding the holder into proper alignment for centerin the dowels in alignment with the holes b m the carrier. I

s In the accompanying drawings, an Underwood continuous billing typewriting machine 10 is shown supported on top of a stand 11 having uprights 12, upper side braces 13,

lower side braces 13, upper cross-braces 14;,

a;middle cross-brace 1 1 and a lower crossbrace 1d". The stand ll may be constructed in any conventional manner, but preferably may be made ofmetal tubing or pipe which is light and strong and maybe formed into a neat appearing structure. 'The machine,

here intended to be shown as illustrating the invention, is like that disclosed in the abovementioned Fortin Patent, No. 1,237,319, of which the platen-carriage 10 of the machine 10 has attached thereto a rearwardly-extendholding plate orcarbon-holder 16, provided with the usual handle 15 is adapted to move with carbons 17 and webs 18 toward a platen 19 of the machine 10 as the carbons17and webs 18 have their line-space movement around-the platen 19, and which is adapted to be moved backwardly with the'carbons 17 to draw the latter into successive sections of webs 18 after the leading webs 18 have passed around the platen 19. l

Track-table 15 hasrollers 20 near the rear end thereof which ride on a cross-rail 21 sup-;

ported 0 lfbrackets22; -The table--15,being thus supported, is free to have letter-feed and return movement-withthe platen 19 on the machine 10. It is unnecessary to describein detail the structure of the table 15' on which the carbon-holder 16 bears, reference being made to the aforesaid Fortin patent for such 7 of one carbon-sheet 17, the several clips 25" being arranged in stepped relationfromone another to more conveniently enter and slide between the superimposed webs 18, see Figures 1, 2 and 6.

1n the Fortin patent, above mentioned, a work-piece comprising a single set of fan.- fold webs is described, the superimposed plies forming the webs, and each set being composed of detachable units bearing the same individual forms or blanks. Instead of a singic'set of fan-fold webs, several strips of webs, one of which is indicated in Figure 1 as 18, above the platen 19, another at 18 and still another at 18 may be employed, each of the superimposed webs being composed of such detachable units.

The carbon-holder 16 with the carbons 17 attached thereto interleaved with webs 18, is not directly mounted on track-table 15, but has carbon-holder 16 detachably secured to a sheet-plate wheeled carrier or carbonholder carriage 26 which moves on the tracktable 15 to and from platen 19, as above described. This detachable connection between the carbon-holder 16 and the carrier 26 is made by providing dowels 30 near each side of the plate 23 on the carbon-holder 16, which, when the carbon-holder 16 is properly placed on carrier 26, register with and pass through holes 31 therein. Dowels 30 are grooved below the carrier 26 to receive pivoted blades 32 which may be swung into and out of interlocking engagement with the dowels 30, thereby serving as means for look ing the carbon-holder 16 to carrier 26 (see Figure 6).

' The detachability of any carbon-holder V 1 permits interchanging of BillbOIldlOlClGlS mg track-table 15 on whlch a carbon-sheetwhereby a carbon-holder with the carbons interleavedwith webs of one character may be substituted for another carbon-holder with its attached carbons and webs having a different character, thus avoiding the necessity at each time of substituting webs of one form for webs of another form in the carbon holder mounted on the machine; the interleaving of webs having the desired form with a set of carbons, and attaching the latter to the carbon holders; In other words, the webs of each set or style of individual forms which the operator may be called upon to use have their carbons interleaved therewith and attached to one of several carbon-holders. It is therefore a simple matter a)- substitute a carbon-holder with selected webs for a carhon-holder and webs which be in the machine.

may preferably be made of riveted metal- ;sheets fashioned to form a bank of feeder compartments or drawers 28, 28 28 and 29, set one upon the other, each supporting the one above and displaceable with respect thereto, for allowing the fan-fold webs contained in the drawers 2 8, 28*" and 28 to be fed therefrom, as show'nfin Figure 1. The top The work-piece cabinet or 'magazine 27 compartment 29 may have a handle and form a handy drawer useful for storing material, accessories and tools. 1

The upper side edges of each drawer 28, 28 and 28 are bent outwardly from the upstanding sides thereof and have the corresponding side edges of the bottoms of drawers 29, 28 and 28 immediately thereabove bent down and under said upper edges to form a supporting and sliding connection between the several drawers. Legs 33 may form a part of the lower compartment 28 to elevate the cabinet 27 a convenient distance above floor level and to provide a passage under drawer 28 for cross-brace 14. which strengthens the lower portion of the rear uprights 12 of machine-stand 11. without beingconnected with cabinet 27, may straddle and confine the latter in restricted position between the rear uprights 12 and brace 14 which crosses'the outside front of the drawer 28", as shown in Figures 1 and 4. This arrangement of stand 11 and cabinet 27 provides an improved apparatus for use with billing machines in which the webs may be neatly stored in closed compartments, when not being fed, as shown in Figure 4, and, by simply sliding drawers 28, 28 and 29, access may be had to any compartment, as required by the typing operation, an example of which is illustrated in Figure 1'.

i To care for the idle interchangeable carbon-holders 16 and 16 carrying carbons 17.

and 17" and interleaved between webs l8 and 18 respectively, there may be provided a platform-rack 34 extending over the rear portion of the cabinet 27. Rack 34 is rigidly mounted on supports 35 by means of screws 36, said supports 35 being secured to the upper side braces 13 by rivets 37 Rack 34 may be provided with transverse, parallel, cut-out sections or slots 38, 38 and 38 to accommodate therethrough the passage of webs 18, 18

, and 18 and to allow the free movement of I said websp Said cut-out sections are made suihciently long so as not to interfere with the proper feeding of said webs during letterfeed movements of the platen 19. Holes 39, 39 and 39 on rack 34, similar to holes 31 on the carrier 26, may be provided adjacent the left side of the cut-out sections 38, 38 and 38, respectively, in which may be insert- 7 ed a dowel 30 of each carbon-holder; These holes 39, 39* and 39 are not in alignment,

but are staggered so as to permit the compact arrangement or nesting of carbon-hold: Y

ers on the rack 34. Back 34 provides simple and adequate means for safely storing the idle carbon-holders, and, by situating the same adjacent the track-table 15,, as best shown in Figures 1 and 2, said rack 34-permits easy and convenient'manipulation for interchanging the carbon-holders. V

, As a further improvement to assist in. quickly interchanging carbon-holders, car- Stand 11,

carrier 26 are swung out of interlocking position with the dowels 30 of carbon-holder l6, and the rack. is lifted from carrier-26 and positioned over cut out portion 38 on rack34. The leftcorner of carbon-holder 16 is then brought into engagement with corner pins 42,

and the rear side edge thereof with back pin 43.. The left-hand dowel 30 on carbon-holder 16. now registers in alignment'with hole 39 in rack 34, and, on further lowering carbonholder 16, dowel 30-wi1l pass into hole 39 to properly position carbon-holder 16 on rack 34. Carbon-holder 16*" may now be lifted from rack 34 to a, position over carrier 26, and theleftcorner'and rear edge ofholder 16 may be'brought into engagement with the corner stops 40 and the back stop 41 on carrier 26, respectively. .The dowelsonlholder 16 corresponding to dowels '30 on holder 16 will thenregister in alignment with the holes 31 in carrier 26," and on lowering the-holder 16 the dowels will pass inte holes 31 to propv erlyp'osition theholder 16 in placeon carrier 26. Blades 32may'then be swung to interlock wit-hithefldowels, to secure against displacement the holder 16 on carrier 26.

The rearwardly-extending track-table 15 overhangscross-rail 21 and has a work-piece guide-bar 44 mounted ongthe extreme rear ends of table 15 ofverthe middle cut-out section 38 for guiding the webs from any oneof the compartments to the carbon-holder .niountedon the carrier 26, and hence to platen 19 asshown-inFigure 1.' v

. .;,Variations may be resorted to within the scope. of the invention, and portions of the,

improvements may belused without others.

Having thus described. my invention, I

;1'. The combination with a continuous bill- I typewriting machine havinga car-bon holder for carbons interleaved with therplies of a work web and a. carrier on which said carbon-holder may be detachably mounted, a

dowel onsaidcarbon-holder for interlocking Y -with ah ole in the carrierfsaid carrier having corner andback stops to automatically align the hole therein withthe dowel of the carbon holder, of a rack having a hole therein and corner and back stops to align the hole with V the dowel of the carbon-holderwhen' mount"- ing the latter thereon detached from the carrier. I

2. The combination with a web-manifolding, carbons-stripping typewriting machine having means for stripping carbons interleaved between the plies of a plurality of mul- V tiple-plywork-Webs, including a carbon-carrier truck, a separate carbon-carrier frame for each of said webs arranged to be detachably mounted on said truck, and a forwardlyextending operating handle fastened to each of said frames, of a stand on which said machine is supported, said stand having a depository at the rear of said machine, having means for detachably carrying all of said frames with the handle of each frame projecting forwardly to be conveniently grasped by an operative from the front of the stand, preparatory to lifting the frame and its associated web and placing them on said truck for feeding the web through said machine.

3. The combination with a plurality of carhon-carrier frames of a. continuous billing typewriting machine, each frame having means for holding carbons interleaved between plies of a multiple-ply work-web, a forwardly-extending operating handle, and means for mounting the frame on a carboncarriage of said typewriting machine, of a stand on which may be supported, adjacent the forward side thereof, said typewriting machine, said stand having a depository at the rear of said machine, having means for nesting said frames sufficiently near to the forward sideof said machine to enable the operative to conveniently grasp the handle of each frame for separating it from the depository and placing it on said carbon-carriage preparatory to feeding the web associated with it to said machine.

4. In combination, a Web manifolding, carbon-stripping typewriting machine having a carbon-carrier truck provided with mounting holes and a plurality of carbon-carrier frames to be operatively positioned on said truck, one at a time, by means of dowel pins fixed to each frame which has a forwardly-extending operating arm for moving said truck rearwardly to strip carbons interleaved between the plies of a multiple-ply work-web, and a stand on which may be supported said typewriting machine, said stand being arranged with a depository at the rear of said machine, including a plate having a plurality of sets of holes, each set receiving the dowel pins of one of said frames, said holes being positioned whereby said forwardly-extending arms of the frames will be nestably'disposed relatively to each other, thereby bringing the arm of the rearmo'st frame within reach of the operative at the front of said machine. JESSE A. B. SMITH, 

